Tag: politics
Feb. 22, 2019
Teachers’ jobs are underestimated
President Donald Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., addressed his father’s campaign rally in El Paso, Texas Feb. 11. “Keep up that fight. Bring it to…
Feb. 8, 2019
Government rule under one demagogue leads to tyranny
In “Politics,” the book that founded the study of political science, Aristotle distinguished three basic forms of government: kingship, or rule by a single person;…
Jan. 18, 2019
A national emergency may be possible
As the shutdown that has closed a quarter of the federal government for nearly a month proceeds, the likelihood that Donald Trump will declare a…
Jan. 18, 2019
Making a 2020 decision
New year, new election to start preparing for. Registered voters should start thinking about the 2020 presidential election. Even though Nov. 3, 2020 seems like…
Jan. 18, 2019
It’s time to recognize all genders
In the course of history, many things have been sure. We are born, we grow, we learn and we die. However, much of that experience…
Jan. 11, 2019
Making meaningful resolutions
As we kick off the new year with a wave of resolutions and bubbling champagne, let me be the first to recognize our inability to…
Jan. 11, 2019
Trump has isolated himself with his irrational thoughts
When future generations look back on the second decade of the 20th century, they will mark the point when it began as the day in…
Nov. 30, 2018
George W. Bush’s image is being wrongfully whitewashed
George Orwell must be tired of turning over in his grave in the age of President Donald Trump, but the biggest whopper of all has…
Nov. 30, 2018
The U.S. should initiate a ceasefire in Yemen conflict
War-torn Yemen has been largely absent from political discourse even in spite of famine leaving millions of children malnourished, susceptible to disease and starvation. If…
Nov. 16, 2018
War never ends
This past week has seen the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, hosted by President Emmanuel Macron of France.…
